Darren Fletcher: West Brom's clean sheet record is no coincidence

West Bromwich Albion captain Darren Fletcher shouts during the match against Southampton

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Albion’s 12 clean sheets comfortably beats their haul of seven from last season.

It is their best haul of clean sheets in the Premier League and their most in the top flight since 1983/84 when they recorded 12.

And they have nine opportunities to close in on the 17 clean sheets of 1982/83.

“It’s not by coincidence,” said skipper Darren Fletcher. “It’s down to hard work, time and effort at the training ground, and players buying into what the manager wants.

“No matter who’s in the team.

“We saw Stephane Sessegnon coming in and doing all the defensive duties that he’s probably not renowned for - but he bought into the team spirit and he was fantastic when he had the ball and did his bits of dribbling.”

James Morrison of West Bromwich Albion tackles Victor Moses of Stoke City